[HPforGrownups] Re: Rik Mayall (was Casting... Peeves?)

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 5959

Neil Ward wrote:

> Rik Mayall first came to notice on TV as part of The Comic Strip, a troupe
> of alternative comedians who presented bizarre comedy playlets, which
> launched most of them into mainstream careers.  Dawn French and Jennifer
> Saunders were also part of the troupe (I guess people will have heard of
> Jennifer Saunders through Absolutely Fabulous), as was Saunders' husband Ade
> Edmondson and Nigel Planer (who played Vivian and Neil in The Young Ones),
> and Robbie Coltrane made regular cameo appearances.  Mayall and Edmondson did
> another childish sitcom (Bottom) and Mayall went on to play a corrupt Tory
> (right-wing) MP in the sitcom The New Statesman.  As Heidi says, he did pop in
> Blackadder as well.

Wow. An entire, detailed posting of actors, none of whose name I have ever heard
before. Am I out of touch, or simply in Texas with no cable?

--Amanda